跳高 (tiào gāo) — to do the high jump (sport) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

跳高 (tiào gāo) means the high jump — a track-and-field event. Use 跳远 for the long jump, and plain 跳 for general jumping or hopping.

verb

to do the high jump (sport)

Examples

跳高。
Tā shì wǒ xiào tiào gāo zuì hǎo de yùn dòng yuán.
He is the best high jump athlete at our school.
跳高？
Nǐ liàn guò tiào gāo ma?
Have you ever trained for the high jump?
，。
Zhè cì bǐ sài tā tiào le liǎng cì gāo, chéng jì bú cuò.
In this competition she did the high jump twice, and the results were good.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

“跳” (jump) and “高” (high) describe jumping upward to a height, as in the high jump.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

足足zúfoot

Sound part声符shēngfú

兆

兆zhào跳tiào

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

跳 pairs 足 (foot) with 兆, which supplies the sound; the foot part shows the action is done with the feet.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

高 was drawn as a tall building.

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Level 5 Sports & Athletics

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